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>>5046483
Bump

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>>5046483

How much inbreeding can invert colonies handle?

>>5046483
I saw a really gnarly one on my rain gutter
You would probably love it
Those hellbeasts repulse me personally

>>5047913
Yes

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Tick sucking off tick?

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what's this dude?

>>5048111
Pokey

>>5048111
Hairy

>>5048111
Friend

>>5046483
Cages lookin good!

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Hey you faggots need to pay rent now

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I just saw my first stinker of the season. Fall is officially here.

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>>5049057

Are there any beetles that don't fly like a bucket?

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Bump

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Here's my cute girl.

>>5050660
adorable

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>>5050665
Thanks :]

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>try so save little green flying bug that found its way inside
>flies IMMEDIATELY into the web + mouth of a spider
>>5050671
Holy shit she's cute.

>>5050660
>>5050671
I want to get a jumping spider, but I feel like I'd do a shit job of decorating his enclosure.

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The duckies are having carrot :D

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>>5051517
This is the first jumping spider I've ever had. I found some twigs and bark outside my apartment, baked them on low heat to sanitize them. And also bought some things off Amazon. She mostly just patrols the middle/top areas. She made her new nest cocoon in the top front right. It's a 11.7x6x6 water tight enclosure.

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>>5051517
>I want to get a jumping spider
I'd advise against that.

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can anyone identify this spoder?

i like bees

>>5052099
they're the bees knees

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Been seeing some juves on my grill patio the past two weeks. Think I just found mama bear

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>>5052155
And one of her babies hanging out nearby

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>>5052156
And a bonus woodlouse juve hanging around nearby in an isopod graveyard

>>5050660
What do you feed her? How much does she eat?

>>5050660
Love her. How do you let her out without fear of her jumping somewhere?

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>>5052606
I've been giving her flightless fruit flies mostly. Like 6 or so every other day. But I let her try out a meal worm for the first time and she liked it. Left a neat empty worm tube. I'm waiting several days for her to shrink back to normal size before feeding her again.
>>5052609
Thanks, her name is Elise and she has a heart on her abdomen. Still a juvenile.
I have the little deli cup the breeder kept her in. So I use that to transport her to the bathroom. I have cats so I close the door when I let her hang out with me there. She enjoys walking on the counter or my hand. I'm glad she doesn't actually jump unless she is already close enough to hop to another surface.

>>5051126
To think those things are ferocious hunters (Order Neuropterae)

>>5052155
look at how shiny that ass is

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Dinner time

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What the fuck is wrong with this worm?

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Does anyone happen to know the ID for this moth? Found in Kibale National Park, Uganda.

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>>5053686
Delorhachis meyi. cool moth

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>>5053705
Thank you anon!

How big is your enclosure for hissing cockroaches? I was planning on getting a couple, just to keep not to raise a colony, but the guides I read range from 5 gal too 20 gal, I assume 20 gal is only if you plan to breed a colony right?

>>5052645
Jfc that is the cutest spider I have ever seen. She’s one tiny top hat away from cartoon status.

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8-bit caterpillar

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>>5057153
I'm excited to see what she looks like after she molts. She started on Oct 5th and has been resting ever since.

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My 10+ year old G pulchra molted recently, she's getting pretty big.

>>5057777
Big check. That's an old spider.

>>5057777
TEN YEARS?!
How long can spiders live?

>>5059357
Female tarantulas can live up to 20-30 years, specifically the slow growing species.

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This moth was hanging out in my laundry and I think the residual detergent poisoned him.(I hand wash and am lazy with rinsing) His tongue is out and he's barely moving.

Tried offering sugar water and normal water and he doesn't care at all. Also his little hairs are falling off.

Pretty big moth for this area. I bet he was already hungry then the detergent poisoned him.

>>5046483
>she's still looking thicc.
YJK

Moths

>>5052047
>>5052049
>>5052050

Neoscona crucifera, the spotted orbweaver. In some places they're called spotted orbweavers. I have one of these girls myself right now.

>>5061973
i meant in some places theyre called barn spiders

maybe its over for me

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Elise emerged a few days ago. She hasnt come out much and only pokes her head out of her nest to watch me when I sit down to eat. She is very dark looking.

Spider laid eggs before dying, how to feed slings ?? flightless fruit flies ??

Question about invert keeping especially for guys that need lots of moisture. How do you avoid mold/ mildew in an enclosure?

>>5062895
super cute NEET spider. Maybe she would like more twigs to build off of?

>>5048111
tussock caterpillar

>>5062921
good ventilation and springtail cleanup crew

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species ID or common name maybe ?? cant figure out what these spiders are and theres no definitive name coming up for them. in the article it said they were called grass spiders but theres a million spiders called grass spiders across the internet. found in ozark missouri

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I suspect I have a brown recluse infestation. I ID'ed them via the 3 pairs of eyes, the violin patttern (looks more like a goblet to me because 2/3 are so small) and near-featureless brown body except for the big guy who has the "heart mark" - looks pretty close to pic related. I do want to get rid of them because I've had some really close encounters and they don't seem to stay all that reclusive (at least the ones I've seen), but on impulse I decided to put the ones I find in a jar with the intention to let them go in a forest somewhere. Do they need substrate if they're already pretty happy chilling in an apartment? What do I feed em? I tossed some crickets in there but they don't seem interested.

>>5064154
shouldnt need substrate but a good layer of soil to cover the bottom of the tub would help with hydration. depending on ventilation, you would need to mist it anywhere between 1-3 times a week. ventilation also depends on the size of the enclosure but im assuming you arent using a 20 gallon tank for this thing.

As for the "big guy", its competely possible its a different species in the same genus, the genus being Loxosceles. Its possible you are seeing forest recluses come in from nearby parks.

i would feed them Drosophila melanogaster adults, but if you dont have a farm of those then i would try young wood roaches, maybe only the first couple of instars. German cockroaches also work if you can only collect insects from your apartment.

>>5064216
Thanks bro! Yeah I just have a jar for now as I wasn't planning on keeping them for more than a day until I started feeling the urge to look at them every so often. I'll get them a tub so they can each have their own hiding space. Will get them the drosophila as well. The big guy finally took one of the crickets but they might be too large of prey items for the other 2. I WOULD feed them stuff I find in my apartment but the recluse population seems to be doing a good job of cleaning it out kek. I don't even see other types of spiders in here. Just brown recluse (brown recleese?).

>>5064401
since Drosophila melanogaster are so small compared to brown recluses, you might want to give the spider 3 flies per feeding session. from an empty stomach, it should take 10 to fill an adult brown recluse up, and 6 for most stages of juveniles.

i usually feed my spiders every 3 days since thats how often i feed my ants but really you only need to feed this specific genus once a week and theyll stay in good health.

If you're regularly feeding them, i would give them around 8 per once weekly feeding session.

I dont have much experience with your specific species of brown recluse but the ones here in Missourian households are usually pretty slow and are easily overwhelmed, so its important to not give them too much food at once. for this reason, maintenance is easier with roaches, since they only need one roach at a time.

you can give them adult roaches and they will be perfectly fine, but if you're giving them very young roaches i would do 2, depending on which instar theyre at.

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>>5064216
>Drosophila melanogaster
>2nd image result

>>5064570
>looks up bugs that only eat breed and die
>sees them doing one of the two things they spend their time doing
what were you expecting

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lemon katy

big biter

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>>5064685
oops

>>5064682
>>5064687
both are ant food

>>5064418
I have drosophila coming in soon. Hopefully soon enough to help out the 2 little ones. I'm gonna take care of them till they get a little bigger then let them go. Will post pics of the big Loxosceles once I can put some stuff in the little 7x6x4 enclosure that I bought (hopefully it's appropriately sized - according to slopGPT it should be fine but, I've never kept any kind of invertebrates before) and probably keep it around till it passes
It's been a weird but interesting journey so far!

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Bertha was wrapping a present for me when I checked in after work today.

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Made a new enclosure for my jumper today. Gotta find a way to get a little water dish in there for her, but need a stronger magnet if I want to hang it off the wall.

>>5052021
>There are real people that would actually scream and jump and cry after watching that video.
And yet I simply enjoyed seeing the rare underside and the way the spiders legs attached to their body and the way their fangs are stored.

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>dumbass beetle is trying to burrow into concrete crack
>carefully get him out with a knife
>get him in my hand, want to take pic before release
>tries burrowing into my fingers, bites me(dumb asshole), I accidentslly drop him into the dirt
I think he probably found a place to burrow. It's getting cold now
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>>5067147
Love these updates. Personally I only trust real mechanical connections and do not trust any adhesive connections unless it's for passive sealing.

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I have a small patch of wild grass and flowers. It always surprises me how many insects are thriving of it. Also a big ass kale was growing in there and It was ridden with caterpillars. At first I was worried I might harbor pests for the surrounding farmers but I decided to leave them be. One of them crawled up my walls to cocoon or so I assumed. Now it's a breeding pit of parasitoid wasps and I'm glad I'm providing a real service to the farmers.

Is light trapping worth it? Seems like a good way to get ant queens, mantids or rare moth eggs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEVLMyxnmAE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9In1e2eIE

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>>5067147
Got a walnut and a water bottle for her. Kinda crowded in there now but lots of things for her to climb and jump around on.

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>>5067726
She's sunbathing

>>5067404
>Bartposting
It depends on the season, moon, and location. It's worth it if you're in a place with good biodiversity tho since there's a good chance the moths attracted to the light are mated females

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traveler here, has https://desuarchive.org/an/thread/4991326/#4998316 been followed up on?

>>5068999
Checked. Not that I've seen. He had something to do involving traveling I think.

>>5067404
we do something in the antkeeping community called "blacklighting" (normal lights are fine as well but blacklights are the industry standard). you take a 24 inch long blacklight and some white towels and connect the light to a battery and stay out for as long as you're getting 10 queens an hour and you can get up to 500 queens in one night, total.

this is mostly for Pheidole in my area, but some Camponotus are attracted to blacklights as well. Some genera ONLY mate when UV rays are present, like Formica. Formica subsericea, which a lot of Americans have, can be captive bred if you place alates from two different colonies under a blacklight in a closed container.


This is especially profitable when you're working with species like the Formica pallidefulva complex, which are a bright orange, and can sell for as much as 45 USD per individual founding colony.

People are working on captive breeding Camponotus but you need an atmospheric pressure chamber for that and obviously most people dont have that . . .

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Say hi to Elise. She's a qt goth girl now. No longer a pumpkin.

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>>5070060
And she still has her heart.

>>5068999
He posted in a hedgehog thread a while ago. He’s still working on collecting enough ticks for another attempt.

>>5067267
gotta love hymenopterans

It has been months if not a year since i got rid of my mealworm operation, and a couple of days ago i found a beetle under my bathroom carpet, not even starving and weak, still going strong, and his sheer tenacity has inspired me to thin about buying another batch and keeping them again, even if i don't work at the store that gives me free produce scraps anymore to feed them

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>>5070061
Tfw no spider gf

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>>5072300

Saw one of the wasps infecting my house repeatedly fly into my window while carrying this strange looking dead fat grub without legs.

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Unexpected guest. The vent fan mesh in my RV broke and this bee fella wandered inside. He was flying everywhere crazy then literally flew into a USB fan with metal blades. Then he took a break on that container. I took him outside with a cup but maybe should have let him stay the night since it is getting cold now.

>>5074567
That's not a bee homie, that's actually a hoverfly. They're super cool little guys and are mistaken for bees all the time. Cool that you saw one

>>5075184
How do you know?

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AYO THESE FLIES FUCKIN

>>5074567
That looks like a horse fly to me, they bite.

>>5057777
beautiful

I caught a house centipede now it is a pet for my 4 year old
they haven't killed it or let it escape, I am impressed.

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Found a cute little spider in my bathroom just now.

No idea what he is (living in Sydney if anyone feels like identifying him) but look at those fluffy front legs.

He's about 1cm from the tip of his front legs to his back so this photo was the best my camera could do.

>>5079089
cycloctenid mitten spider. it's not formally documented yet and has no scientific (latin) name

>>5079089
that is a goth rave spider

>>5079089
>it's not formally documented yet and has no scientific (latin) name
Cool. Thanks anon.

If I'd known he was special I would've grabbed my SLR from the cupboard and tried to get a proper photo rather than just rely on my phone.

>>5079124
He did have a little doggy paddle-style dance going with his front legs and pedipalps.

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bought a very simple form of an insect hotel. Do you just put it somewhere and wait for insects to use it or is there some trick to attract them?

>>5079258
Hmm maybe leave it outside then throw it in the house of someone you don't like?

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Bees eating tree sap

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They are still going at it. Must taste good.

Are there any predatory colony insects that I can keep to eat a colony of mealworms?
Ants will easily take over the terrarium completely, and I don't think I can get assassin bugs in my country for whatever reason.

>>5052021
Huh, I didn't get scared but the hair on my face moved. Somehow? Didn't know the skin could do that, is it instinct? Thank you for the experience I guess.

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Got a pic of a butterfly. These guys are way more skittish and fast than moths.

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>>5080097
I wonder if these moths grow a little after their emerge from the cocoon? I saw these slightly before seeing butterflies, and the butterflies have the same dark body + head shape.

Bump

Bump

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Woke this one up from a nap in my laundry

>>5079866
Does it need it to be insects? A colony of Florida Bark Scorpions seems like a good choice for the job IMO. If your mealworm farm falls on bad times, just cool down the scorpions a little and their metabolism will crater, allowing you to give the mealworms time to recover.

Bumping my /invert/ bros

I got an Asian forest scorpion and a new avic avic (it was a perfect sized baby, just big enough that they're fun but small enough to feel like I'm raising it as it grows up)
The scorp is a boy and they cute. Very friendly. I wanna get into scorpions more. They seem wildly easier to deal with than tarantulas. Literally don't think a single invert or animal is easier to put in a cup and relocate. Also I love the clickyclacks sounds they make. I dunno where to start if I got into other scorps to add to my collection (30 tarantulas)
I know about the emperor scorpion, but there was also this cool scorpion called the flat rock or something, I gotta look it back up, it was cool too, and seemed like it was similar to an AFS.

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no pets, but some shots from innawoods

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>>5085859
Very beautiful, excellent photography. Thank you anon, they're all cute.

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My widow slings hatched!

Guess I need to get some fruit flies for them. Although Lord knows how I'm gonna open it without them escaping.

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Can anyone ID this thing? Saw it when I went to Thailand. It was about a thumb in length, and was all soft and smooth with no visible wrinkles on its skin. There was a single off-white stripe that ran along its body. Pic related, prob some sort of slug, not sure what species though

>>5086464
Valiguna siamensis?

>>5087275
Cute beets. How self-sustaining is the colony? Do enough grubs grow up and quickly enough so that you don't have times in the tank without adults alive?

>>5087331
Development cycle is shorter than the adult lifespan so there's always adult beetles in the tank. Beetles will sometimes eat the eggs and grubs or disturb the development through digging which is why I prefer to keep the bulk of grubs in a separate container.

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>get Caribena versicolor as my first spider
>constantly fucking trying to escape at sanic speeds the moment I touch her enclosure
>sometimes I can't even feed or mist her because of this
Is it normal for them to be this highly strung? I was memed into believing they're docile.

>>5087336
do insects have inbreeding issues?

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>>5087954
I got mine as a juvenile, but she's chill af. Tends to hide into her web when she notices any movement though.

>>5087994
For the most part, no.
But it's very species specific.

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i bought my first three yesterday

>>5089006
oh boy chromatopelma cyanopubescens and pterinechilus murinus, my favorite!

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>lobsters live in cold water so they could grow to become succulent (chinese) meals
oh I'm laffin

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>>5089006
>P. murinus
KEK

>>5089006
>first three spooders
>Orange Bitey Thing
Lmao

>>5089523
>>5089736
I know. But the guy I bought them off of is a nationally respected breeder. I told him OBT was one of the ones I was most attracted to and he told me he thinks I can handle it as long as I respect it.

my literal first task as a tarantula keeper was rehousing an OBT and I did it with zero issues. I'm a chad.

>>5090808
>he told me he thinks I can handle it as long as I respect it.
It won him the sale, didn’t it?

In reality, basically no invert or reptile require special skills, just knowledge and confidence. It’s just that a lot of beginners lack such.

>>5090821
>It won him the sale, didn’t it?

the OBT was one of the cheaper spiders he had. If he wanted to he easily could have tried to sell me on something safer and more expensive. He even said if I change my mind and can't handle it I can bring it back, or if when the time comes again if I want him too he'll rehouse it for free for me.

I miss having isopods. I had to dump my wild Porcellio scaber colony when I moved and now it's too cold to collect or buy more.

>>5090923
They seem like a nice low maintenance pet.

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>>5090808
You should be fine. My first tarantula was a Selenocosmia and I could rehouse it fine. If it does escape or is too much you could just get a gold form N. incei

>>5089081
>implying a GBB is even remotely close to Orange Bitey Thing, supreme guardian of sink drains and terrorizer of tik tok exotics keepers

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>>5092005
ironic.

>>5092006
>>5089081
are GBB's supposed to be bad? Mine seems pretty chill. Always just hanging out on his web not scared of me at all.

>>5093154
Mine is pretty skittish and it doesn't take a lot for her to start kicking hairs or even threat posing.

You’re my people. Fuck the spine-havers, they don’t know shit.

>>5094920
Insects are under rated

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next trip to the spider store I'm finna get
>darth maul
>togo starburst
>feather leg baboon